Canada is back on the Olympic tennis podium.
The country added to its growing medal count at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday with a third-place finish in mixed doubles tennis. FĂ©lix Auger-Aliassime and Gaby Dabrowski secured the historic victory against the Netherlands’ Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof in a thrilling bronze medal match display.
The Canadian duo rebounded from a tough semifinal loss to the Czech pair Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova on Thursday. Despite their busy schedules, which have often included multiple matches on the same day, Auger-Aliassime and Dabrowski played with determination, taking the win in straight sets (6-3, 7-6).
A doubles medal is twice as niceđ„
Gabriela Dabrowski and FĂ©lix Auger-Aliassime claim the bronze medal in mixed doubles! đŸ#TeamCanada | #Paris2024 | @RC_Sports pic.twitter.com/9UE5j9k50I
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 2, 2024
Dabrowski, 32, scored the winning point in a nail-biting tiebreak sequence.
This marks Canada’s second-ever Olympic tennis medal. They earned their first in the 2000 Sydney Games when SĂ©bastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor won gold in men’s doubles.
As for Auger-Aliassime, his work on the Paris circuit isn’t done just yet. After losing the men’s singles semifinal against No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz this morning, he will play for another bronze on Saturday at 6 am ET/3 am PT.
His opponent will be the loser of Friday’s semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti.